Drinking-fountain.



'PATENTED NOV. 7, 1905.

J. H. TOMLINSON.

DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY24.1905.

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DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. '7, 1905.

Application filed July 24, 1905. Serial No. 271,026.

To ctZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN H. ToMLINsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Drinking-Fountains; andldo declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in drinking-fountains for poultry,pigeons, and other fowls or animals.

The object of the invention is to provide a sanitary device of thischaracter which will be of simple and comparatively inexpensiveconstruction and very convenient and durable in use.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangementofparts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved drinkingfountain. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectionalview through the same, and Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken on the planeindicated by the line 3 3 in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes my improveddrinking-fountain, which comprises a base 2 and a water reservoir ortank 3. The latter, asillustrated, is cylindrical in form and is adaptedto have its bottom fit within the base 2, which is in the form of a panor tray, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The bottom of thereservoir 3 is open, and it is supported above the bottom of the base orpan 2 by means of an annular bead 4,which is provided upon the outsideof the reservoir and adapted to engage the upper edge of the side wallof the base 2, as shown. This bead 1 also prevents dust or dirt fromentering the base 2 between the reservoir and the side wall of saidbase. The reservoir is retained in the base-pan preferably by twospring-catches 5, which are in the form of resilient hooks secured uponthe outer sides of the base 2 at diametrically opposite points andadapted to engage studs 6,provided upon the reservoir, as clearly shownin Fig. 1 of the drawings. The base-pan 2 is provided at one side withan extended portion 7, which forms a drinking compartment or pan 6 incommunication with the main compartment or pan 2 through an opening 8,

formed in the side wall of the latter. This drinking-pan 7 may be of anydesired size and shape and is adapted to be guarded by a curved hood 9,which projects from the side of the reservoir 3. This hood 9 guards thepan 7 and prevents the water therein from being contaminated by thefowls.

To permit the device to be readily carried from place to place, a handle10 is provided upon the top of the reservoir or receptacle 3, and topermit it to be suspended from a wall an opening 11 is formed in one endof the handle 10 to receive a hook, nail, or other supporting device.

The construction,operation, and advantages of the invention will bereadily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings. It will be seen that when it is desiredto fill the receptacle 3 the studs 6 are disengaged from the catches 5,and said receptacle is inverted and filled. The base-pan 2 is thensecured upon the open bottom of the receptacle while the latter is inits inverted position, and the device is then restored to its normalposition, whereupon the water will pass through the opening 8 and fillthe drinking pan or compartment 7, a constant level of water beingmaintained therein until the receptacle 3 is emptied. It will be seenthat the fowl or other animals using the device cannot dirty the waterin the pan 7, since the hood 9 will guard the same.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the character described, comprising a basepan havingcommunicating compartments, a reservoir adapted to be inverted in one ofsaid compartment-s, and a hood upon said reservoir to guard the othercompartment of said base-pan, substantially as described.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a. basepan havingcommunicating compartments, a reservoir adapted to be inverted in one ofsaid compartments, a bead upon said reservoir to engage the upper edgeof said pan and support said reservoir, means for retaining saidreservoir in said pan, and a hood upon said reservoir adapted to guardthe other compartment of said base-pan,.substan-r,-

tially as described. J

3. A drinking-fountain comprising'a basepan having communicatingcompartments, a

reservoir having an open endadapted to-proect into one of saidcompartments, aublead upon said reservoir to engage the top ofs'aid panand support said I'BSG'IVOII, studs upon said reservoir, spring-catchesupon said pan IQ :adapted to engagesaid studsya handleupon:saidtreservoir, and a hood upon said reservoir adapted toggzuard-the.other compartment of said pan,"substantially as described.

1 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Wit- I5 ,nesses.

